MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	267% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 17:08
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 676 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2059 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 87% 109 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 108 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 426GB free Firmware: SS0411B SusWrite @10s intervals: 1192 1111 1021 1019 1028 1017 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,282 Write 2,098 Mixed 195 SusWrite 1,065 313% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 72.8 255% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 592 557% 874 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 373%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411B SusWrite @10s intervals: 1303 1015 1015 1017 1019 1016 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,292 Write 1,917 Mixed 200 SusWrite 1,064 303% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 73.1 248% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,144 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 455 415% 656 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 373%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 116GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 228 227 227 232 233 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 475 Mixed 353 SusWrite 257 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 50.1 166% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 336 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 374GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 71 71 71 71 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 71.7 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 69.8 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 158 138 144 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 135 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 108%
LaCie Mobile Drive 5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID 10bc Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 112 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 125 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 110 143% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 24.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,533 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	685x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	372x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16